SVU tries to help a malnourished girl on a train who'd been locked up with her eight siblings by her religious father. Amanda discovers the children only get to leave the home to go bowling, and her actions lead to a deadly shootout. 

We're talking about SVU season 19 episode 20 "The Book of Esther." Our guest is the actress who played Esther in this episode, Rebekah Kennedy.

This episode is based on the ripped-from-the-headlines story of the Turpin family.

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SVU: The father locks the children up...except to go bowling

Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie invite special guests to talk about ripped-from-the-headlines episodes of Law & Order, SVU, and Criminal Intent. It's the f'ing OG of police procedurals!

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Detectives learn a woman in a coma was given insulin so her husband can get off on a necrophilia kink. After charging him with attempted murder, McCoy suspects her step-daughter and her doctor might have given her the injection.

L&O: He gets stiff making his wife stiff and boning her frozen body

Barba turns off the life support of a terminally-ill baby. DA Jack McCoy charges him with murder and new ADA Peter Stone prosecutes the case. Though he's acquitted, Barba resigns.

SVU: Barba kills a baby and McCoy STILL won't fire him

Shots ring out during an argument in a restaurant. Was the movie producer an innocent bystander? Or did a hit man pick the perfect moment to act?

L&O: First the singing, then the gunfire

A teen fakes her death to run off with her teacher, only to later learn they're actually father and daughter.

SVU: Ooops. I slept with my daughter!

A doctor, the husband of a conservative congresswoman, is beaten to death in his home. He'd been treating a transgender teen against her father's will. Which will win in court: justice or politics?

SVU: The father locks the children up...except to go bowling

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